OBJECTIVE To study the psychometric characteristics of German version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture and to compare its dimensionality to other language versions in order to understand the instrument's potential for cross-national studies. DESIGN Cross-sectional multicentre study to establish psychometric properties of German version of the survey instrument. SETTING 73 un...

Although trichotillomania (TTM), skin picking (SP), and nail biting (NB) have been receiving growing scientific attention, the question as to whether these disorders can be regarded as separate entities or they are different manifestations of the same underlying tendency is unclear. Data were collected online in a community survey, yielding a sample of 2705 participants (66% women, mean age: 29...

Objetivo: Realizar la traducción, adaptación cultural y lingüística valoración de las cualidades psicométricas Escala Evaluación Estrés Parental en Unidad Neonatología - versión modificada.Método: Estudio metodológico con enfoque cuantitativo, para validar Neonatología. Los padres fueron seleccionados por muestreo no aleatorio (n = 406 padres). En estimación sensibilidad, validez confiabilidad ...

Objective: This study explored the possibility of integrating Health Belief Concepts as additional predictors of intention to adopt a recommended diet-category within the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). Methods: The study adopted a Sequential Exploratory Mixed Methods approach. Qualitative data were generated on attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control and perceptions on predet...

There is no index or criterion of aortic barodenervation, nor can we differentiate among rats that have suffered chronic sham, aortic or sino-aortic denervation. The objective of this study was to develop a procedure to generate at least one quantitative, reproducible and validated index that precisely evaluates the extent of chronic arterial barodenervation performed in conscious rats. Data fr...

BACKGROUND The psychometric properties of an instrument should be evaluated routinely when using different samples. This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) when applied to a sample of Brazilian cancer patients. METHODS The face, content, and construct (factorial, convergent, and discriminant) validities of the FACT-G wer...